Quoting aerorobnz (Reply 3):
I thought so too, I wonder if anyone has ever confused the two on tickets before, like Sydney, Australia and Sydney, Canada...

Yes, it's happened a few time. Last time I heard some British idiots booked a flight online and wound up in Canada. They wondered why they were getting on a small regional airliner to go across the pacific.

Really annoyingly the press picked up the story and the NSW tourist authority paid for their fares to SYD. It really irked me. I research my travel and I have to pay retail. These idiots....

I thought so too, I wonder if anyone has ever confused the two on tickets before, like Sydney, Australia and Sydney, Canada...

Yes, it's happened a few time. Last time I heard some British idiots booked a flight online and wound up in Canada. They wondered why they were getting on a small regional airliner to go across the pacific.

A few years ago a German tourist also wound up in the small town of SDY (Sidney, Montana, spelled with an "i") by mistake, instead of SYD.

AC serves 2 Sydneys (SYD and YQY), 2 Londons (LHR and YXU), 2 Portlands (PDX and PWM), and until they dropped MAN they also served 2 Manchesters (MAN and MHT).